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His Holiness has named Father Frank Kalabat, presently pastor of St Thomas Chaldean Catholic Church in West Bloomfield, MI, to succeed Mar Ibrahim N. Ibrahim as Bishop of the Eparchy of St Thomas in Detroit of the Chaldeans. Axios, Axios, Axios! May God grant many years to Bishop-Elect...

His Excellency, Vladyka Jan Hirka, Emeritus of the Eparchy of Prešov of the Slovak Catholics reposed in the Lord on April 10 in Presov, Slovakia. Bishop Jan was aged 90 and in the 65th year of his priesthood and 25th year as a Bishop. O God of all spiritual and corporeal beings, You Who...

The Eparchy of St Peter the Apostle in San Diego of the Chaldeans has announced that His Holiness Mar Emmanuel III Delli, Catholicos and Patriarch Emeritus of Babylon and Ur of the Chaldees for the Catholic Chaldeans has reposed in the Lord. His Holiness died on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in...

Metropolitan Boulos (Paul) Yazigi of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo and Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim of the Syriac Orthodox Archdiocese of Aleppo were abducted yesterday while traveling together on the road between Antioch and the Syrian city of Aleppo, on a mission to negotiate the...

I know that there was a prior thread here on this, a few months back, but with the happening imminent, I thought it important to repost on the subject. Father Emil Kapaun, born in Pilsen KS to Czech immigrants, was a priest of the Latin Diocese of Wichita and a US Army chaplain in WWII and...

Unofficial translation of the Statement of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch on the martyrdom of Abouna Fadi (Haddad), Pastor of St Elias the Prophet Antiochian Orthodox Church in Qatana, while on a humanitarian mission to ransom persons who had been kidnapped. Reports at other sources...

Unofficial translation of the Statement of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch on the martyrdom of Abouna Fadi (Haddad), Pastor of St Elias the Prophet Antiochian Orthodox Church in Qatana, while on a humanitarian mission to ransom persons who had been kidnapped. Reports at other sources...

In charity, please keep in your prayers Malala Yousufzai, the 15 year old child now hospitalized in the UK after being shot by the Taliban for her outspokenness on behalf of the rights of Pakistani women and girls. Please, no politicizing or speeches - just prayer for a mere child who...

In charity, please keep in your prayers Malala Yousufzai, the 15 year old child now hospitalized in the UK after being shot by the Taliban for her outspokenness on behalf of the rights of Pakistani women and girls. Please, no politicizing or speeches - just prayer for a mere child who has...

John Vernoski's personal sponsorship of the ByzCath site and forum for more than a decade has afforded many their first introduction to Eastern Christianity, both Orthodox and Catholic. John has been ill since early December and having a very rough go of it. In that time, he's seen very...

John Vernoski's personal sponsorship of the ByzCath site and forum for more than a decade has afforded many their first introduction to Eastern Christianity, both Orthodox and Catholic. John has been ill since early December and having a very rough go of it. In that time, he's seen very...

Someone raised the question in another thread as to the Rites and Churches within the Catholic Church. I posted a detailed discussion of the topic here some years ago, but can't find it. So, here is an updated version of it, broken into a series of posts for easier readability. Catholic...

Please remember in your prayers, Meghan Green, a 20 year old student at Franciscan University who was gravely injured in an auto accident near the school a few days ago. Pronounced dead at the scene, she was revived, and is now in very critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital where she is...

[/color] I beg the pardon and ask the indulgence of the TAW mods in my quoting from and, thereby reviving in a way, the closed thread that was titled with the opening line above. I started to post to that thread yesterday morning, but lost my reply and then had to leave, without an opportunity...

Elizabeth and all my Oriental brothers and sisters, I don't usually do "goodbye" posts, but I said goodbye at OBOB and TAW and had to do so here. I haven't posted a lot in this forum, although I read it regularly and have been welcomed and treated extremely well every time that I've visited...

My Orthodox brothers and sisters, I don't usually do "goodbye" posts, but they seem to be the rage around here; so instead of just fading away, I'm stopping to say goodbye and to thank you. I've posted here at CF for several months now and have visited and posted in TAW almost from the...

I'm not in the habit of doing "goodbye" posts, but they seem to be fairly common hereabouts; so instead of just fading away, I'm stopping to say that I'm doing so. I've posted here for several months now, having come initially at the behest of someone from another forum, who asked that I...

I pray that all of my Orthodox brothers and sisters have a wonderful and blessed Pascha and that God grants each of you many more healthful years in celebraion of it. Neil

To my Oriental Orthodox brothers and sisters, I pray that you have a blessed and joyful Pascha and that God grant you many more years in health and happiness to celebrate again His Resurrection. Neil

From the Vatican press releases this morning, courtesy of David Cheney, webmaster of Catholic-Hierarchy.org Il Santo Padre ha elevato la Chiesa Metropolitana sui iuris Siro-Malankarese al grado di Chiesa Arcivescovile Maggiore ed ha promosso l’Ecc.mo Cyril Mar Baselios Malancharuvil...